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Deke's Station, gas
$8 95
C. C. Shattuck, gas
15 14
L. N. Jaques, supplies
152 38
R. Donnelly, project expenses
48 00
Wm. Ross, tool repairs
13 90
Universal Crane, roller rental
36 45
Grafton-Upton R. R., freight
95
J. J. Gibbs, first-aid kit
1 98
Treasurer of U. S., town contribution
to music project ($3.00 per month) 36 00
$313 75
SUMMARY.
Pay Rolls
$2,401 70
Materials 1,998 30
$4,400 00
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
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Appropriation
$500 00
Expended :
Nicholas A. Mastroianni, services $28 00
Leonard N. Jaques, supplies 2 69
B. F. Hartman, services 4 00
A. H. Sweet, supplies
1 73
F. R. Phillips, salary as Inspector of Slaughtering 14 00
Alec Wolec, town dump
50 00
State Department of Public Health,
1/2 Miscoe License
10 00
Milford, Hopedale, Mendon Nursing
Association, services rendered ..
50 00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies ....
2 56
Roy A. Barrows, placarding, fumigat- ing and use of auto 22 00
Pondville Hospital, care and treatment of two patients 210 00
K. A. Campbell, services 60 00
Hastings Drug Co., vaccine
16 45
$471 43
Unexpended $28 57
$500 00
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, Chairman, HAROLD METCALF, WILLIAM R. BOWEN,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$550 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
150 00
$700 00
Expended :
Payrolls
$667 50
Toll calls
18 70
Court fees
13 80
$700 00
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD C. BARROWS, Chief Police Dept.
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WEIGHER.
I have had during the year 1940 74 weighings at 20 cents each and have turned over to the Town Treasurer the sum of $14.80, the fees collected by me.
Respectfully submitted, FELIX S. BESSETTE, Public Weigher.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING.
Mendon, Mass., Dec. 31, 1940.
To the Honorable Board of Health:
Following you will find a report of animals slaughtered in my presence and inspected by me in the year 1940 :
Cattle
Calves
Hogs 8 Sheep
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
11
-
- 19
-
Total
Respectfully submitted, FRANK R. PHILLIPS, Inspector of Slaughtering.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Mendon, December 30, 1940.
Platform scale over 5000 lbs. (free)
1
Platform scales under 5000 lbs
3
$1 50
Spring scales under 100 lbs.
4
40
Counter scales under 100 lbs.
1 10
Computing scales under 100 lbs.
3
30
Gasoline pumps, meter system
11
5 50
Gasoline pumps, hand system
1
50
Kerosene pump, hand system
1
50
24
$8 80
I have inspected the following licenses :
Peddlers
3
Venders
2
Fish
1
Fruit and Vegetables
5
Junk
2
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I have collected $8.80 for fees and have turned same over to the Town Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER TAYLOR, Sealer.
Mendon, December 30, 1940.
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REPORT OF BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE.
46 Persons aided who reside in Mendon
5 Persons in other Towns with Mendon settlement
42 Persons being aided as of December 31, 1940
FINANCIAL.
Appropriated by the Town of Mendon $8,000 00 Federal Grant, 1940 5,987 23
$13,987 23
EXPENDED.
42 Persons aided, Mendon settlement $11,762 68
1 Person aided, Milford settlement ..
165 00
3 Persons aided, No settlement 810 00
5 Persons aided, by other Towns with Mendon settlement, 1/6 billed to Mendon
294 33
Total Expended $13,032 01
Unexpended 955 22
$13,987 23
APPORTIONMENTS.
Total Aid
Federal 1/2
State 2/3 Bal.
Mendon
Other Towns
Direct Payments Under $40.00
$11,384 38
$5,692 19
$3,794 78
$1,897 41
Indirect Payments
361 30
241 27
120 03
In Excess of $40.00 Per Month
17 00
11 33
5 67
State Settled
810 00
405 00
405 00
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Settled in Other Towns
165 00
82 50
55 00
27 50
Paid to Other Towns
294 33
294 33
Totals
$13,032 01 $6,179 69 $4,507 38
$2,317 44 $27 50
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AMOUNTS DUE THE TOWN OF MENDON.
Town of Milford, 1939 account
$134 84
Town of Milford, 1940 account 27 50
State of Massachusetts, 9 months, from
April 1, to December 31, 1940 3,501 12
State of Massachusetts, 1939 account
196 67
Federal Grant October, November and
December, 1940
1,728 00
$5,588 13
ADMINISTRATION.
Balance on hand January 1, 1940
$89 67
Federal Grant, 1940
199 64
$289 31
EXPENDED.
Supplies
$112 98
Printing
17 32
Postage
6 00
Transportation
25 00
Agent's salary
120 00
Total Expended
$281 30
Unexpended
8 01
$289 31
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS,
Agent.
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
6 Families aided during 1940 with total of 11 children. as there are no settlement laws connected with A. D. C. your Federal and State reimbursements are based on statute laws and depend on the careful performance of the duties by your Agent.
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Federal Government reimburse 1/3 based on $18.00 for first child and $12.00 per month for each additional child up to 16 years of age will continue to 18 years if child is going to school.
State reimburses 1/3 of balance. Town pays balance. All above payments are based on monthly report sent the first of each month.
FINANCIAL.
Town Appropriation
$2,000 00
Federal Grant, 1940
893 66
$2,893 66
6 Families Aided
$2,394 00
Unexpended
499 66
$2,893 66
ADMINISTRATION.
Federal Grant
$8 76
Expended
$8 65
Unexpended
11
$8 76
AMOUNT DUE THE TOWN.
Federal Government November and
December $105 00
From State of Massachusetts, one case
covering period July 1, 1939 to June 30, 1940 258 33
All cases from July 1, to December 31,
1940 289 33
$652 66
Respectfully submitted, ROY A. BARROWS, Agent.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
TEMPORARY AID.
RESOURCES.
Town Appropriation
$7,500 00
Expended
6,897 20
Unexpended
2,102 80
$9,000 00
DETAILED EXPENDITURES. MENDON SETTLED CASES.
One person in own home $222 00
One family in own home
34 00
One family in own home
76 00
One family in own home
34 00
One person in own home
31 90
One family in own home
500 54
One person in own home
90 45
One family in own home
25 00
One person in own home
74 80
One family in own home
312 00
One person in own home
27 00
One family in own home
65 95
One family in own home
423 26
$1,916 90
PAID OTHER TOWNS FOR MENDON SETTLED CASES.
Town of Sutton
$490 71
City of Boston
15 69
Town of Bellingham
269 74
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Town of Milford
231 81
Town of Milford
701 72
Town of Franklin
259 70
$1,969 37
WIFE AND CHILDREN SETTLED IN MENDON,
HUSBAND STATE CASE.
One family in own home
$24 25
One family in own home
18 00
$42 25
CASES RESIDING IN MENDON SETTLED IN OTHER TOWNS.
Uxbridge Case
$167 25
Westwood Case
4 00
Medway Case
312 00
$483 25
CASES WITH NO SETTLEMENT, CHARGEABLE
TO THE STATE.
One family in own home
$69 00
One family in own home
361 80
One family in own home
37 00
One family in own home
313 26
One family in own home
9 00
One family in own home
265 00
One person in home of others
90 86
One family in own home
14 00
One family in own home
732 65
One family in own home
84 00
$1,976 57
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. Mendon's share to Federal Government for Surplus Commodities Adminis- tration $73 91
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Mendon's share of cost of operating Surplus Commodities Warehouse in Milford 254 43
Helpers for Surplus Commodities truck 79 25
Supplies, postage and telephone calls 48 27
Sawing and hauling wood
53 00
$508 86
PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF ABOVE EXPENSE.
State of Massachusetts
$1,987 13
Other Towns
483 25
Mendon's share
4,426 82
$6,897 20
CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND.
The Welfare Department received a check for $10 from the Bright Oak Club, Inc., which was used for Christmas Cheer Baskets for the needy.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES.
The Surplus Commodities Warehouse,
Milford, delivered in Mendon for the year 1940, goods valued as follows :
Food $3,349 16
Clothing 1,086 30
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD METCALF, Chairman, ROY A. BARROWS, WILLIAM R. BOWEN, Board of Public Welfare,
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ASSESSORS' REPORT. 1940.
The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet of Aggregates is given below:
RECAPITULATION SHEET.
Town appropriations :
Annual Town Meeting, March, 1940
$65,377 34
Debt and Interest
2,413 11
State Tax, 1940
3,520 00
State Parks and Reservation Tax
53 58
County Tax
1,981 24
Tuberculosis Hospital Assess-
ment
1,569 10
Overlay for 1940
965 17
$75,879 34
$75,879 34
Estimated Receipts
$34,418 74
Available Funds (voted by Town
Meeting and authorized by Tax Commissioner) 1,085 06
$35,503 80 $35,503 80
Net Amount raised on Polls and property
$40,375 54
464 Poll Taxes at $2.00 each 928 00
Total Valuation
1,360,260 00
Tax Rate
$29 00
Personal Property 125,840 00
Real Estate
1,234,420 00
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of assessments on real
estate 514
Number of assessments on personal estate 94
608 608
Number of male polls assessed
464
Value of assessed stock-in-trade $2,600 00
Value of assessed live stock
43,960 00
Value of assessed machinery
71,400 00
Value of all other assessed personal estate
7,880 00
Value of assessed personal prop-
erty
$125,840 00 $125,840 00
Value of assessed buildings, ex-
cluding land
904,095 00
Value of assessed land, exclud-
ing buildings
330,325 00
Value of assessed real estate $1,234,420 00$1,234,420 00
Total value of assessed property .... 1,360,260 00
Tax on personal estate $3,640 36
Tax on real estate
35,798 18
Tax on polls
928 00
Total poll and property taxes $40,375 54 $40,375 54
Rate of tax per $1,000 29 00
Number of horses assessed
57
Number of cows assessed
555
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
91
Number of swine assessed
12
Number of dwelling houses assessed
429
Number of acres of land assessed
10,810
Number of fowl assessed 3,755
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR IN 1940.
Vehicles registered in 1939
$79 62
Vehicles registered in 1940
3,120 25
$3,199 87 $3,199 87
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED
1940.
1939 Taxes
$8 87
1940 Taxes
127 53
$136 40
$136 40
OVERLAY ACCOUNT
Balance in Overlay Account :
1937 Account
$152 00
1938 Account
329 51
1939 Account
1 93
$483 44
$483 44
OVERLAY. 1940.
Overlay
$965 17
Abatements
1,211 20
$246 03
$246 03
Balance in Overlay Account $237 41
Respectfully submitted, CARL M. TAFT, EDWARD T. WHITING, CHARLES F. LEONARD, Mendon Board of Assessors
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1938 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1940 $1,838 67
Omitted Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1940 1 29
Interest 91 70
$1,931 66
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,904 40
Abated
27 26
$1,931 66
1939 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
Total Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1940
$24 87
Interest
28
$25 15
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$20 28
Abated
4 87
$25 15
1939 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
Committed Jan. 20, 1940
$79 62
Interest
06
$79 68
. 59
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$75 68
Abated
4 00
Uncollected
00
$79 68
1939 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Total Personal and Real Estate. Taxes
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1940
$10,052 14
Interest
252 27
$10,304 41
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$8,378 90
Abated
23 78
Uncollected
1,901 73
$10,304 41
1940 POLL TAXES.
DR.
Taxes committed, including omitted
assessment of Dec. 7, 1940
$948 00
Demands
13 30
$961 30
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$831 30
Abated
114 00
Uncollected
16 00
$961 30
1940 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES. DR.
First commitment April 12, 1940
$2,214 96
Interest 1 30
$2,216 26
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CR.
Paid Treasurer
$2,182 70
Abated
33 56
Uncollected
00
$2,216 26
DR.
Second commitment July 15, 1940 $477 37
Interest
14
$477 51
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$477 51
Uncollected
00
$477 51
DR.
Third commitment Sept. 25, 1940
$242 25
Interest 09
$242 34
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$240 34
Abated
2 00
Uncollected
00
$242 34
DR.
Fourth commitment Dec. 2, 1940 $185 67
$185 67
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$73 32
Uncollected
112 35
$185 67
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1940 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Total personal and real estate taxes
committed
$39,461 46
Interest
27 29
$39,488 75
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$30,110 86
Abated
1,097 20
Subsequent tax title credit
62 35
Uncollected
8,218 34
$39,488 75
Total tax refund for 1940 $91 97
Respectfully submitted,, ARTHUR P. DALTON, Collector of Taxes.
January 1, 1941.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year (99 days) was 11,481 vol- umes. The largest given out in one day was 252, the smallest 45, the average 116. The circulation by classes was as fol: lows: Fiction, 8180; Magazines, 2427; Biography, 315; Travel, 127; History, 67; Literature, 67; Useful and Fine Arts, 198; Science, 62; all others, 38.
There are 8789 volumes in the library. 199 were added this year. 73 were bought by the town, 79 with the Fletcher Fund and 47 gifts.
The library subscribes to the American, American Boy, American Home, Better Homes and Gardens, Boy's Life, Child Life, Country Gentleman, Current History, Collier's, Goodhousekeeping, Harper's Monthly, Instructor, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, McCall's, National Geographic, Parent's Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Woman's Home Companion.
$11.87 was received in fines during the year.
Respectfully submitted, VERENA R. DALEY, Librarian.
Mendon, January 1, 1941.
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THE FIFTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Our Library has closed another year in serving its pa- trons with interesting and instructive reading. The teachers and scholars continue to use the Library more and more each year. Every effort is being made by our librarian to give the best possible service at all times.
This year the walls were covered with Armstrong Tem- lock to match the new ceiling. Also, a new light fixture was installed in the reading room.
The Trustees wish to thank the Townspeople for their co- operation and ask that it be continued throughout the coming year so that our Library may be of still greater benefit to the town.
Respectfully submitted, SILAS DUDLEY, Chairman, EDWARD T. WHITING, Secretary, LENA W. GEORGE, WILLIAM BOWEN, JULES I. PHILIE,
Library Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation $675 00
Expenditures :
Worcester Sub. Electric Co., lights
$9 66
Goss & Whiting, repairs 200 00
Gaylord Bros., books 90
The Personal Book Shop, books
59 10
A. Freeman, labor
5 00
Colledge Press, books
1 23
Verena Daley, librarian
225 00
Nina Burr, supplies
40 90
Wm. Bowen, wood
9 00
Robert Bartlett, labor
3 00
Nancy Dudley, janitor
52 00
H. R. Huntting, books
58 66
H. W. Wilson Co., books
7 55
American Library Association, books
3 00
$675 00
Fletcher Fund Exp.
$128 65
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD T. WHITING, Finance Committee.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
FOREST FIRES.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDED.
Payrolls
$106 50
Farrar Co., supplies
18 53
C. B. Hardy, supplies
68 60
Harold F. Lowell, salary as Forest Warden
25 00
Land bought from Miss Ellen C. Barry
(part payment)
275 00
$493 63
Unexpended
$6 37
$500 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation ..
$700 00
EXPENDED.
Payrolls
$202 75
Wor. Sub. Elec. Co., power
42 00
Harold F. Lowell, salary as chief
75 00
Polishing truck
5 00
Land bought from Miss Ellen C. Barry
(part payment)
125 00
Deke's Filling Station
7 92
C. C. Shattuck, supplies
5 40
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Eddie's Service Station
9 95
Clark & Shaughnessy
55 60
Leonard N. Jaques, supplies
1 30
Farrar Co., supplies
92 00
Blowing whistle
36 60
Janitor service
19 70
$678 22
Unexpended
$21 78
$700 00
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD F. LOWELL, Chief, ROY A. BARROWS, EDWARD T. WHITING,
Fire Engineers.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
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Appropriation
$100 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
50 00
$150 00
EXPENDED.
Payrolls
$133 00
Herbert S. Wood, salary as Tree
Warden, 2 months 2 00
William Nuttall, salary as Tree
Warden, 10 months
10 00
$145 00
Unexpended
$5 00
$150 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM NUTTALL,
Tree Warden.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF MENDON:
Pursuant to Chapter 41, Section 50, of the General Laws, I have examined and checked the accounts of the various Town Officers receiving and disbursing municipal funds for the fis- cal year ending December 31st, 1940 and find their accounts correctly cast with vouchers carefully filed.
In connection with the above examination it became the duty of the Auditor to investigate a story current reflecting on the honesty and uprightness of Superintendent of High- ways. After due examination of payrolls and adroit question- ing in various quarters I find no justification for such reports. There being no basis for them in fact.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. A. BARRY, Auditor.
Mendon, January 21, 1941.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1940
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SCHOOL FINANCIAL REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
General Appropriation
$17,958 82
Dog Tax, 1940
436 46
Total Receipts
$18,395 28
Total Expenditures
$18,389 79
Balance
$5 49
REIMBURSEMENTS.
General School Fund, Part I $1,775 00
General School Fund, Part II
2,168 89
Superintendent's Salary
698 45
Tuition from State 456 74
Tuition from Industrial School
13 60
High School Grant
655 25
Total Reimbursements
$5,767 93
TAXATION COST OF SCHOOLS.
Total Expenditures
$18,389 79
Reimbursements
5,767 93
Net Cost by Taxation
$12,621 86
EXPENDITURES.
School Committee Expenses $20 00
Superintendent's Salary
939 90
Superintendent's Expenses
185 03
Salaries of Teachers
9,793 70
Textbooks 203 63
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School Supplies
308 20
Janitor's Wages
1,199 64
Miscellaneous Operation
526 26
Fuel
644 50
Repairs and Replacements
202 68
New Equipment
167 90
Health
375 00
Transportation
3,814 25
Insurance
9 10
Total Expenditures
$18,389 79
SCHOOL DIRECTORY, 1940-1941. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Silas Dudley, Chairman Term Expires 1942 Ernest E. Souls, Secretary Term Expires 1943 Donald B. Lowell Term Expires 1941
Regular meetings held at the Center School building on the first Monday of each month at 7.30 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-JULES I. PHILIE, A. B.
Office-Center School, Bellingham Center
Telephone, Office-Milford 152-4 Home-Milford 1816-M 72
The Superintendent may be met every Wednesday morning between 9 and 12 at the Mendon Centre High School or by appointment at any other convenient time.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
K. A. Campbell, M. D. Telephone, Milford, 102
SCHOOL NURSES.
Helen C. Grady, R. N., Supervisor Milford District Nursing Association
Olive S. Rogers, R. N., Assistant Telephone, Milford 862
TEACHERS.
Name.
Subject or Grade.
Preparation.
Degrees Yrs. Ser. or Yrs. in Town
Henry P. Clough, Principal Math., Science, French
Dartmouth College and B.S.
New Hampshire University Ed.M. Thirteenth
Nellie Walent English, Latin
Keene Normal
First
Boston University
B.S.
Frances White
Commercial, History
Salem Teachers' College B.S. Third
Jane Sroczynski
Domestic Science
Mary Washington State B.S.
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Geography, History
Teachers' College
Fourth
Orilla F. Park
Grades 5 and 6
Castleton Normal, Vermont, Three Fifteenth
Mildred Collins
Grades 4 and 5
Lowell Teachers' College
B.S. Fourth
Grace Gaskell
Grades 2 and 3
Framingham State
Teachers' College
Two Second
Marjorie Horne
Grades 1 and 2
Boston University
B.S. Third
David N. Gellatly
Music Supervisor
Boston Conservatory of Music Grad. Fifth
JANITOR.
Raymond Barrows
Center School
TRANSPORTATION AGENTS Harold C. Barrows Kenneth Taft
TRUANT OFFICE Harold C. Barrows
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR PERIOD FROM JANUARY, 1941 TO JUNE, 1942.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Open January 6, 1941
Close April 18, 1941
Open April 28, 1941
Close June 20, 1941
Open September 3, 1941
Close November 26, 1941
Open December 1, 1941
Close December 19, 1941
Open December 29, 1941
Close December 31, 1941
Open January 2, 1942
Close April 17, 1942
Open April 27, 1942
Close June 12, 1942
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Open January 6, 1941
Close February 21, 1941
Open March 3, 1941
Close April 18, 1941
Open April 28, 1941
Close June 6, 1941
Open September 3, 1941
Close November 26, 1941
Open December 1, 1941
Close December 19, 1941
Open December 29, 1941
Close December 31, 1941 Open January 2, 1942 Close February 20, 1942
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Open March 2, 1942
Close April 17, 1942
Open April 27, 1942 Close June 5, 1942
HOLIDAYS.
May 30, 1941 November 11, 1941
AGE OF ADMISSION TO SCHOOL.
Any child who becomes six years of age on or before January first of the year following the term when he wishes to enter school may be admitted into the first grade, but in every case the admission of a child under six shall be de- pendent upon the fitness of the child to profit by the work of the school, such fitness to be determined by the superin- tendent. Pupils under seven years of age who have not previously attended school shall not be permitted to enter later than thirty days after the opening of school in Sep- tember.
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REPORT OF SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS. OCTOBER, 1940.
Number of pupils examined 274
Number found defective in eyesight 21
Number found defective in hearing 0
Number of parents or guardians notified 21
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3
3
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19
VI
B
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10
VII
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3
2
2
2
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12
VIII
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15
IX
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9
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8
X
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XI
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14
9
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Totals
4
25
25
29
17
18
32
22
25
8
19
20
6 6 5
3
1
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151
Boys
3
14
13
14
8
14
9 4 15
14
6
15
9 8
4
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123
Girls
1
11
12
15
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13
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16
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10
4
8
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77
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4
35
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11
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15
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3
11
12
4
17
78
REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF MENDON :
During the past School year there have been no major changes in our Schools.
The tennis courts and ball field were made ready for use this past spring and both were used a great deal and are an asset to the town.
Through the co-operation of the Highway Superintend- ent and his Department the playground has been improved by the addition of seesaws for the younger children.
This year the School Budget will be increased due partial- ly to the salary schedule for the teachers put into effect two years ago to minimize the changing of teachers. The Com- mittee feel that this is money well invested as this year there was only one change in our teaching personel comparable to six, three years ago.
Other factors increasing our budget are the increased cost of fuel and supplies. In having to increase the School budget the Committee would like to bring to the taxpayers' attention, that of the one hundred and ten towns in the Group including Mendon as classed by the State Department of Education based on population and valuation our expense per pupil is sixth lowest in this Group. We also would like to bring to their attention the steady increase in our school population. If this increase continues there will be need of adding anoth- er teacher to our staff very soon.
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The School Committee wish to thank the Citizens and Parents for their co-operation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted, SILAS H. DUDLEY, Chairman, School Committee.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON:
GENTLEMEN :
I hereby submit my third annual report as Superintend- ent of Schools for your consideration. Included also are the reports of the High School Principal, the Supervisor of Music, and the School Nurse.
At this time, I feel proud to say that all classes are well equipped with suitable textbooks, workbooks, drill cards, maps, school supplies, and such other equipment as is neces- sary for classroom instruction.
Our program of supervised study is still in effect, the re- sults of which are both gratifying and satisfactory.
In my report of last year, I stated that mid-year examina- tions were to be given to all pupils, in all grades, and in all subjects. The results of these were chartered and a compara- tive study was made of the results obtained. In this way, I discovered that our weakness was in spelling. It immediate- ly became evident that we had to assume some means of moti- vating this particular subject. In all other subjects of our course of study the results achieved were better than average. In order to remedy this weakness in spelling, weekly spelling bees were held during the latter half of last year from grade four through grade twelve; and in April a spelling bee was held in the Town Hall. The participants of this bee were the better pupils in all these classes. Silver medals were given to the winners of the contest of the grade pupils; a gold medal was given to the best speller in the Senior High School. The awards to the winners were very generously given by the
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